Hanger for screen and storm sashes.



H. GREENFIELD.

HANGER FOR SCREEN AND STORM SASHES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. I9l6.

1,278,456. Patented Sept. 10,1918;

IN VEN TOR.

UNITE STATES HIRSH GBEENFIELD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HANGER FOR SCREEN AND STORM SASHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1c, 1918.

Application filed March 16, 1916. Serial No. 84,744.

To all whom it may concern:

D Be it known that I, HIRSH GREENFIELD, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Screen and Storm Sashes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to hangers which are used to attach what are known in the art as full frame screens or full frame storm sashes to an ordinary window frame in such manner as to permit the said sashes to be swung outward for the purpose of cleaning the glass in the window frame, also to guide and raise the said sash to the proper position to clear the lower sill while returning to its position close to window frame A.

The objects of this invention are to obtain an improved hanger of the kind named which can be installed on the inside of the window sash; which will hold the upper end of the screen or storm sash close to the window frame when said sashes are closed; which will permit the same to be swung outward at the lower end thereof when desired; which will guide the screen or storm sash and raise it to its proper position while closing; and hold it closely to place, and which will allow for the expansion or contraction of the storm sash or screen, and which will hold the said sash open;

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention embodied in a device of the general character as disclosed in my grant of U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,154,920, September 28, 1915, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of a window frame and sash (having a screen therein) attached to said window frame by a device embodying this invention; shown with the screen held close to the window frame.

Fig. 2 is a like section and viewed in the same direction; with the screen sash which is attached to the window frame by the device embodying this invention swung outward on said device.

Fig. 3 is a detail front elevation of a frame base plate forming an element in a device embodying this invention.

Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of the said frame base plate as shown in Fig. 3, with sash base plate represented in dotted lines in a position it would take when the lower part of window sash is thrown outward.

Fig. 5 is a detail front elevation of a sash base plate forming an element in a device embodying this invention.

Fig. 6 is "a side elevation of the said base plate shown in Fig.5.

Fig. 7 is a detail development of the sash base plate shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Fig. 8 is a detail development of the said frame base plate shown in Figs. 3 and 4. p

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, A is a window frame, a; being the outside head bead thereof; a is the blind stop, and a the parting strip of the frame A. B is the top rail of the upper window sash in frame A, and?) the glass is said sash. D is a screen sash, d being the top rail thereof and (Z one of the stiles thereof. C is wire netting in the sash D forming the screen. E is a frame base plate forming an ele ment in a device embodying this invention, and shownin detail in Figs. 3 and 4. H is a pin which is inserted in the aperture at the lower end of frame base plate E illustrated in Fig. 3.

As may be seen from Figs. 3 and 4, the

base plate E comprises wings 9, which are bent horizontally for attachment to the lower surface of the head bead, and inclined side walls 10 extending from the inner edges of said wings 9 downwardly and being of substantially triangular configuration. The front edges of are slightly inclined with respect to a vertical plane so as to converge downwardly, are connected by a front wall 11 having in its upper portion a vertical surface t at a slight distance from the plane of the wings 9, said these lateral walls 10, which vertical portion then being continued upwardly in inclined direction by the short wall portion 15.

I is a sash base plate located on the window or screen sash D. J is an aperture to provide a place to keep pin H when the screen or storm sash is not in position.

Thesash base plate I, which is made from the blank indicated in Fig. 7, comprises vertical wings IQ eXtend-ing' in opposite di rections and provided with screw holes for attachment to the inner vertical surface of the screen sash top plate d. Triangular walls-13 extend forwardly from said wings 1:2, said walls being slightly inclined with respect to vertical planes so as to converge forwardly and adapted to slide along the lateral walls 10 of corresponding inclination which form parts of the frame base plate E. The front edges of the triangular side walls 13 are connected near their upper edge by a strap 7a having substantially the inclination of said'front edges with respect to the plane of the wings 12; leaving, how ever, a rectangular opening K confined by the front edges of said walls 13, the edge 16 of the strap 17, which connects the two wings 12 and the edge 14: of the upper strap is.v

' LL are screws by means of which the frame base plate E is'attached to outside bead a; sash base plate I is attached to rail d and fulcrum bracket M is attached to screen sash stiles al When the screen sash D closed so as to abut against the stops a and a, the edge 14 ofthe stra-p'lc in the sash plate I will rest against the vertical surface t forming part of the front wall 11t15 of the frame base plateE. The screen sash'D is thereby drawn inwardly toward the stops a and a and owing to the provision of the vertical surface 25,.the sash D ,which is exposed to the influence of the weather, may contract or expand in vertical' direction without coming out of abutment with the stops a, 64

When the sash D is to be opened, the lower end of said sash being swung outward, the sash is -.gradually lowered by means or the links Na. and Q until the edge 14: of strap 72 ofaperture K rests on the end la s-of frame base plate E The rail d is hereby moved away from blind stop a and the outward swinging oi vthe lower end of said sash D is permitted to'an extent which permits the window glass 72 to befcleaned. a

r I Sash D 7 can not be removed from the hangerbecause pin H -and fulcrum frame screw m prevents the separation of the frame base plate E and sash base plate I and bayonet'link IQ, and fulcrum frame screw vm respectively.

' On'r-emoving pin H from frame base plate E and removing bayonet link Q from fulcrum frame screw m, complete separation is easily effected.

To install the device, the frame base plates E are first secured to outside top bead a by means of screws L; sash D -is then put in place against the blind stop a and marks made for the placing of the sash base plates I on said sash; thereupon said sash base plates I can besecured to said sash top rail cl.

Having now described the invention what I believe to be new and desire .to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A sash hanger, comprising .a sash base plate and a frame base plate attached to the sash and window frame respectively, said frame base plate being provided with an inclined front wall, and said-sash base plate being provided with horizontal strap portion in slid-ing engagement with the inclined wall portion of the frame base plate, and means at the lowerend of the frame base plate'for limiting the sliding movement of the sash base plate by engagement with said strap.

2. A-sash hanger, comprising a sash base plate and a frame base plate attached to a vertical surface of the sash and a horizontal surface of the frame respectively, said sash base plate being provided with triangular side walls spaced from each other and connected near their upper end by a strap, said frame base plate being provided with triangular side walls in sliding engagement with the triangular side walls of the sash base plate, and means connecting the side walls of the frame base plate near the lower end of the same for limiting the downward motion of the connectingstrap for the walls of the sash base plate by abutment against said strap.

3; A sash hanger, eomprising'a sash base plate and a frame base-plate attached to the sash and the window frame respectively, said frame base plate having downwardly converging lateral walls and an inclined front wall provided with-a vertical portion near the top'end of said wall, the sashibase plate being provided with'inclined lateral walls in sliding engagement with the inclined lateral walls of the frame base plate,-and an element on said Esash base plate for limiting the sliding motion of the same with respect to the frame base plate by abutmentagainst a portion of said-frame base plate.

4, A sash hanger, comprising a sash base plate anda frame base plate attached to the sash and frame of the window respectively, said sash base plate com-prising lateral walls Ianda strap near the upper edge connecting said walls,v the frame base plate 7 comprising lateral walls and a front wall provided with a substantially vertical portion, said strap of the sash base plate beingadapted, when the sash is in closing position, to be in sliding engagement with the vertical portion of the front wall of the frame base plate, whereby expansion or contraction of the sash with respect to the window frame is rendered possible.

5. A sash hanger, comprising, in combination with a sash-base plate and a frame base plate attached to the sash and frame respectively, the sash base plate having wings in a vertical plane for attachment to a vertical surface of the sash, lateral walls extending from said wings and a strap connecting the upper portions of said lateral walls, whereby a rectangular opening is left in the front of said sash base plate, the frame base plate comprising horizontal Wings adapted for at- Gopies of this patent tachment to a horizontal surface of the frame, lateral walls extending from said Wings and projecting into the opening of the sash base plate, a substantially vertical portion of the wall of said frame base plate being in sliding engagement with an edge of said strap when the sash is closed, and means for limiting the downward movement of the sash, said means including a cotterpin extending between the lateral walls of the frame base plate and the strap of the sash base plate.

HIRSH GREEN FIELD.

Witnesses:

J. T. HARRINGTON, DANIEL A. BRENNAN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

